City 40 (2016)

Name: City 40
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2016-04-28

1h 12m

Running Time

Plot.

Hidden in the heart of Russia, there is a Soviet-era city where thousands of people live and work behind barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. It is Ozyorsk (Ozersk), located in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, one of the most polluted places on the planet and home to the largest stockpiles of nuclear material. Its code name: City 40.

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Cast & Crew.

Samira Goetschel

Director

Lavrentiy Beria

Self

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self

Alexander Litvinenko

Self

Monique Zavistovski

Writer

Michael A. Levine

Composer

Joe Botana

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 28, 2016

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 12m

Genres
Documentary History

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

nuclear weapons

woman director

compassionate

Wiki.

City 40 (Russian: Сороковка) is a 2016 Russian documentary film directed by Samira Goetschel. Footage is provided from hidden cameras and Russian archival footage as well as modern-day interviews, which are spoken in Russian and subtitled in English. In 2017, it was nominated for an Emmy Award in the News & Documentary category.